4 stores such as Sogo and Seibu Tokushima are closed August 14 at 14:51
Sogo Seibu, a department store under the umbrella of Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd., has closed four stores all over Japan, including Tokushima City, in 31 days, and the last day, 31st, is full of shoppers who are willing to close their stores.
Of these, the Sogo Tokushima store in Tokushima City opened in 1983 as a feature of the redevelopment project in front of the station, and peak sales in the fiscal year ended February 1993 were 44.4 billion yen.
However, sales were slumped due to being pushed by commercial facilities that expanded into the suburbs and the store closed, and on the last day of 31st, close to 400 customers were packed before the opening at 10 am, so the opening time was 15 I made it faster.
The final sale was held in the store, and the visitors were shopping around the store for the products they were looking for.
With the closing of Sogo, Tokushima Prefecture will be the prefecture with no department stores next to Yamagata Prefecture.
A woman in her 50s in Tokushima City said, “It's so sad that there are no more fun places. Today I want to go shopping on all floors.”
On the 31st, in addition to this, stores in Otsu City, Nishi Ward, Kobe City, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, operated by Sogo Seibu, and Nakago in Fukushima City will also be closed, which can be said to be the face of the area. The department store will also disappear from the prefectural capital.
The department store industry is exposed to severe competition from large-scale commercial facilities and online shopping in addition to population decline, and the challenge is how to recover profitability while being affected by the new coronavirus.